The next Battlefield game is being built by four EA studios — here's what they're each doing Three big studios are helping DICE out with the next installment of Battlefield, per EA's Investor Day report. Windows Central · Sep 17, 2024
Frostpunk 2 Metacritic review roundup: The critics are clear about this "ambitious sequel" to one of the best survival games out there Frostpunk 2 is almost here after a three-year wait, but does it live up to everyone's lofty expectations? Here's what reviewers around the world think about the game. Windows Central · Sep 17, 2024
Logitech just announced a bunch of new gaming accessories, including long awaited Superlight 2 and G915 sequels During the Logi PLAY event, Logitech unveiled a variety of brand-new gaming accessories, including long anticipated successors for the Superlight 2 and G915. Windows Central · Sep 17, 2024
Intel's financial crisis delays the development of mega fab factories in Poland and Germany despite heavy subsidies Intel recently announced its plan to delay the construction of two mega chip-making factories in Germany and Poland. The chip maker attributed its decision to a lower demand for its chips than earlier anticipated. Windows Central · Sep 17, 2024
Fallout 76: Milepost Zero's new questline lets you live out your dreams of guarding Brahmin caravans Fallout 76: Milepost Zero gets bigger with a new questline allowing players to guard Brahmin caravans in exchange for special rewards. Windows Central · Sep 17, 2024
Bethesda took one look at Diablo 4’s microtransactions and said, "hold my beer"—introducing the $1,999 Fallout 76 bundle Fallout 76 is currently showing a $1,999 cosmetics and atoms bundle on the Xbox store, but you can save $200 with your Xbox Game Pass subscription. It's obviously a misprice, but we wonder if anyone has actually purchased it. Windows Central · Sep 17, 2024
Bill Gates says he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm to rival OpenAI and Google: "Today, somebody could raise billions of dollars for a new AI company [that’s just] a few sketch ideas" In a recent interview, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates indicated that he'd start Microsoft again as an AI-centric firm if he got another crack at the corporate world. Windows Central · Sep 17, 2024
Microsoft cut Windows 7 support on Edge, but Mozilla says "enough" Firefox users are using it to extend support to March 2025: "Backporting security fixes is already getting increasingly painful due to the divergence" Mozilla is extending Firefox 115's support on unsupported devices, including Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, and macOS 10.12 to 10.14, and will continue pushing important updates until April 1, 2025. Firefox 115.21 will also continue receiving updates until March 4, 2025. Windows Central · Sep 17, 2024
Overwatch 2 comes to Xbox Game Pass — but you can't play it on the cloud for one annoying reason Overwatch 2 will be added to Xbox Game Pass on September 17, 2024. This means exclusive skins for subscribers, but unfortunately, there will be no Xbox Cloud Gaming for one easily missed reason. Windows Central · Sep 16, 2024
Microsoft leverages robotics and AI to disassemble and recycle defective hard disks to reach a 90% reuse and recycle rate by 2025 Microsoft leverages robots by Dobot Robotics to disassemble defective hard disk drives and recycle valuable components to reach a 90% reuse and recycle rate by 2025. Windows Central · Sep 16, 2024
Diablo 4 has made $1 billion and counting for Blizzard, and a huge chunk of that comes from devilish microtransactions Thanks to new details from a Blizzard developer's LinkedIn profile, we've gotten a glimpse of how much Diablo 4 has made in revenue — and how much of it comes from microtransactions. Windows Central · Sep 16, 2024
Bill Gates' AI agent dream comes to pass at Microsoft's special Copilot event with Copilot agents Microsoft shipped Copilot agents in general availability "to automate and execute business processes, working with or for humans." Windows Central · Sep 16, 2024
A new AMD graphics feature massively increases framerates with AI tech for smoother gameplay, but there's a catch AMD's AFMF 2 technology brings AI enhancements to your integrated graphics, significantly boosting frame rates in demanding games. Ryzen AI 300 CPU users can (probably) take immediate advantage, but there is a catch. Windows Central · Sep 16, 2024
This $800 OLED laptop is incredible value, but it does have one glaring weakness The ASUS Zenbook 14 (Q415M) is a brilliant Windows laptop for just $800, especially with the beautiful OLED display, but 8GB of non-upgradeable RAM is a sore spot. Windows Central · Sep 16, 2024
Windows Central · Sep 16, 2024 OpenAI o1 might be the final nail in coding's coffin — "If OpenAI's o1 can pass OpenAI's research engineer hiring interview for coding at a 90-100% rate, why would they continue to hire actual human engineers?" It's possible AI could reshape the coding landscape and claim jobs from developers — especially after OpenAI recently launched OpenAI o1 with advanced reasoning capabilities across science, math, and coding.
Windows Central · Sep 16, 2024 "When you use the model, you save enormous amounts of energy" — NVIDIA CEO says they can't do graphics anymore without AI NVIDIA's CEO has been talking all things AI, and there are some quotes which are particularly pertinent to PC gaming, and, surprisingly for AI, where it's more energy efficient.
Windows Central · Sep 14, 2024 This Govee collaboration is a must-have for Evangelion fans — and for a limited time you can get $20 off Govee has partnered with the iconic anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion to launch a special edition line of gaming lights. For a short period, Amazon has them on sale.
Windows Central · Sep 13, 2024 Overwatch 2 crosses over with World of Warcraft, bringing new skins for characters like Reinhardt — here's when it begins A new Overwatch 2 crossover with World of Warcraft is bringing skins for characters like Reinhardt and Widowmaker, and it's kicking off on September 17.
Windows Central · Sep 13, 2024 Millions of Microsoft Teams users are about to get a new translation feature, no AI required Microsoft is putting the final touches on a new feature that will improve the interpreter experience within Teams. Soon, the platform will support swapping the direction of translation with a button press.
Windows Central · Sep 13, 2024 OpenAI's Strawberry AI models ship with advanced reasoning capabilities synonymous with humans, though they'll need "an extra moment to think" — Sam Altman says it "doesn't constitute AGI" OpenAI recently unveiled a new series of next-gen AI models dubbed OpenAI o1 and o1-mini with advanced reasoning capabilities across math, science, and coding.
Windows Central · Sep 13, 2024 Make your own Minecraft movie with Microsoft's new Clipchamp templates Microsoft added Minecraft and Sea of Thieves templates to Clipchamp recently. You can also enhance your videos with images, sound effects, and stickers from the Minecraft franchise.
Windows Central · Sep 13, 2024 ASUS' ProArt PZ13 is the first Copilot+ PC to challenge the Surface Pro 11, but some of these cost-saving component choices won't threaten Microsoft's 2-in-1 dominance ASUS' new Snapdragon X Plus-powered 2-in-1 is a cost-saving OLED Surface Pro 11 variant for artists packing a free kickstand keyboard case.
Tom’s Guide · Sep 13, 2024 iPhone 16 pre-orders LIVE blog — where to buy, best deals and delays The iPhone 16 is officially available for pre-order, and we're here to bring you all the latest as Apple and other retailers start selling the phones.
Windows Central · Sep 13, 2024 A new e-sports brand challenges Razer Kishi with 'Vagabond' mobile controller The ELO Vagabond is an interesting-looking mobile controller at a premium price, but it is packed with tech to turn your mobile into a bonafide console on the go.
Windows Central · Sep 13, 2024 Google may have a ChatGPT problem as users are subtly adopting AI-powered tools as their go-to search engines — but it could be eons before it becomes an actual threat A new survey by Evercore indicates that 8% (up 1% from the previous month) of the study's polled participants use ChatGPT as their default search engine, while Google's market share dropped by 6%.